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From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
Ignatius of Antioch
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From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated. — Ignatius of Antioch

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Ignatius of Antioch was a Clergyman from Ancient Rome (35–108).

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Who said "From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and…"?
This quote is attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a Clergyman from Ancient Rome.
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Ignatius of Antioch lived from 35 – 108.